Mpango, Richard Stephen Ssembajjwe, Wilber Rukundo, Godfrey Zari Amanyire, Philip Birungi, Carol Kalungi, Allan Rutakumwa, Rwamahe Tusiime, Christine Gadow, Kenneth D. Patel, Vikram
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Frontiers in Public Health
Purpose This study established the prevalence of physical and sexual victimization, associated factors and psychosocial consequences of victimization among 1,201 out-patients with severe mental illness at Butabika and Masaka hospitals in Uganda. Methods Participants completed structured, standardized and locally translated instruments. Physical and...
Fong, Hiu-Fai Alvarez, Kiara Cruz-Gonzalez, Mario Canino, Glorisa Bird, Hector R Alegría, Margarita
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Academic pediatrics
To determine whether youth, family, and neighborhood factors and minoritized status are associated with youth-reported sexual victimization from childhood through young adulthood. We analyzed longitudinal data from 2 population-based samples of Puerto Rican youth living in the South Bronx (as a minoritized group) and Puerto Rico (as a nonminoritize...
Gorissen, Marleen van den Berg, Chantal J W Bijleveld, Catrien C J H Ruiter, Stijn Berenblum, Tamar
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Trauma, violence & abuse
We map the available scientific literature on how and why victims of sexual violence use digital platforms in the aftermath of victimization. Twenty-four empirical studies on sexual victimization and online disclosure were identified by systematically searching Web of Science and PsycINFO, checking reference lists, and consulting authors about rele...
Lilley, Caroline Willmott, Dominic Mojtahedi, Dara
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Frontiers in Psychiatry
Introduction Trial by jury is a longstanding legal tradition used in common law jurisdictions to try the most serious of criminal cases. Yet, despite hearing the same trial evidence, individual jurors often arrive at different verdict decisions, indicating that they may be impacted by more than the evidence presented at trial. This study therefore ...
Lombardi, Brooke N Jensen, Todd M Parisi, Anna B Jenkins, Melissa Bledsoe, Sarah E
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Trauma, violence & abuse
The association between a lifetime history of sexual victimization and the well-being of women during the perinatal period has received increasing attention. However, research investigating this relationship has yet to be systematically reviewed or quantitatively synthesized. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to calculate the pooled eff...
Carmenate González, Nury Ethel
Child sexual abuse occurs in all countries. In Cuba, although its incidence is below 0.05% of the child and adolescent population, it is important due to the state's attention to the protection of minors. In order to analyze child sexual abuse that occurred intrafamily in the Pinar del Río municipality during 2020, theoretical and methodological in...
Orchowski, Lindsay M Oesterle, Daniel W Haikalis, Michelle
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Although rates of sexual aggression are high among college men who engage in heavy drinking, little is known regarding how often heavy drinking college men initiate unwanted sexual advances towards women that could lead to a potential sexual assault or the reasons why these advances stop or proceed. The present study describes heavy drinking colleg...
Salim, Selime R Eshelman, Lee R Messman, Terri L
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Bisexual women experience higher rates of sexual victimization and mental health problems compared to heterosexual and lesbian women. Bisexual women also receive more unsupportive or overtly negative reactions when they disclose experiences of sexual victimization. The current study aimed to examine the interaction of negative social reactions and ...
Dworkin, Emily R DeCou, Christopher R Fitzpatrick, Skye
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Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy
The goal of the present study was to conduct a quantitative review to determine the degree to which specific forms of suicidality (i.e., lifetime and past-year suicidal ideation and attempts) are associated with sexual assault (SA). It also examined whether the strength of the association between SA and suicidality was moderated by sample character...
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Gender dissatisfaction is often linked to adverse health outcomes and is an under-researched area of adolescent health. The aim of our study was to examine the associations of gender dissatisfaction with adolescent mental distress and sexual victimization. We conducted a cross-sectional study in April 2019 using a computerized self-administered que...
